Baltimore Transit Campaign Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463220672
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Transportation Systems

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,250
Expenses
$83,634
Assets
$9,294

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mr James Rouse Jr (President)
  • Mr Hans Mayer (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mr James Rouse Jr (President)
  • Mr Hans Mayer (Vice President)
  • Mr Peter Duvall (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Baltimore Transit Campaign Inc. is a coalition of individuals organizations and institutions joined together by the vision of creating an efficient and effective public transit system in Baltimore. A system that is safe reliable and equitable. The organization addressed the structural racism in Baltimore.

What it reported doing in 2025

A coalition of business organizations universities cultural institutions developers environmental groups community groups transportation planners young entrepreneurs and concerned individuals joined together by the vision of creating an efficient and effective public transit system in Baltimore. Rouse Family Foundation

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 68.2%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.6% of revenue deployed · 68.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.